Lesson 1, Topic 1
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Monitoring Compliance


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  • Powers of inspectors
    • 15. For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act, an inspector may
      • (a) subject to section 16, at any reasonable time, stop any means of transport and enter and inspect any place or means of transport if the inspector is designated to inspect it and believes on reasonable grounds that on it or in it there are
        • (i) dangerous goods being handled, offered for transport or transported;
        • (ii) means of containment being manufactured, repaired or tested on which a compliance mark is displayed or will be affixed;
        • (iii) standardized means of containment;
        • (iv) books, shipping records, emergency response assistance plans, security plans or other documents that contain any information relevant to the purposes of this Act; or
        • (v) computer systems, data processing systems or any other electronic devices or media that contain information relevant to the purposes of this Act, or that have such information available to them.
      • (b) Open and inspect, or request the opening and inspection of, any means of containment for which the inspector is designated, including any closures, valves, safety release devices or other appurtenances that are essential to the use of the means of containment to contain dangerous goods, if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that it is being used to handle or transport dangerous goods or to contain dangerous goods offered for transport;
      • (c) For the purpose of analysis, take, or request the taking of, a reasonable quantity of anything the inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be dangerous goods;
      • (d) Examine, or request the examining of, information described in paragraph (1)(d) or (e) that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds is relevant to the purposes of this Act and make, or request the making of, copies of any of it; and
      • (e) Ask questions of any person for the purposes of this Act.